Milk bottle holder



Jan. 5, 1932.- BAKER I 1,839,636

- MILK BOTTLE HOLDER Filed March 19, 1930 INVENTOR .FCBezker Patented Jan. 5, 1932 FRED BAKER-OF FARMINGTON, Qxmo m;

MILK BOTTLE seams Application filed March 19, ea. 'Seriai 1o. t3' 7 ,0$6.i

This invention relates to devices for carrying individual milk bottles, my principal obj ect being to provide a holder and carrier for the purpose so designed and constructed that it may be easily and'firmly engaged with the bottle and so that the bottle will then he in a depending and suspended relation to the handle elements of the carrier. The bottle may be thus carried without danger of up- 1 setting or slipping from the hand, and the use of this device enables a large bottle to be easily and safely carried even by a child.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification andclaims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Fig. l is a perspective view of my im.-

proved carrier as being initially applied to a bottle.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device in a clamped and carrying position relative to the bottle.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the device comprises a pair of opposed clam ing jaws or straps 1. These straps are ma e of leather, rubber composition, or any similarly relative soft or flexible material and are preferably inherently curved so as to substantially conform to the curvature of the neck 2 of a standard milk bottle; the neck dimensions as is well known being the same whether the bottle is large or small. The length of the jaw members is such that when they are closely disposed about the neck they will engage and surround the greater portion of the circumferential extent of said neck.

The jaws toward their ends are provided with transverse holes 3 which are preferably surrounded or lined by metal eyelets 4, so that there is no danger of the holes becoming enlarged or the material around the-same Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device detached.

tearing-out under the strains incident to .the useofthedevi e; r

Each j awstrap is "providedwith' a handle and gathering nemberfiin'the form'of a loop of'cord orflexible. and-lightcable,which is secured at'its ends to saidjaw'adjacent'or in connection with the holes of the same, and passes if're'elyithrough the hol es of the other jaw asplainly shown in Fig. 3. The two loop members therefore extend in opposite directions relative to each other and when said members are pulled apart toward their outer ends the jaw straps will be moved toward each other. To operate the device therefore it is only necessary to first separate the jaws sufiiciently to enable them to pass over the bead 2a about the mouth of the bottle neck,dispose the jaws so that they are just under said bead andthen pull on the handle cords until said jaws firmly engage 7 the bottle. The handles may then be raised to a vertical position so that they will lie above the bottle in adjacent relationship to I each other as shown in Fig. 2 and so that they are of course in position to be both grasped by one hand. The bottle may therefore be safely carried by the hand engaged with the cords with the assurance that the jaws cannot slip from position; a continuous pulling pressure on the cords and consequently a 8 closing action of the jaws against the bottle being always maintained while the bottle is held suspended by reason of the weight of the bottle and its contents.

From theforegoing description it will be 35 readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction 99 of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

I claim: I

1. A milk-bottle carrier comprisin a pair of opposed jaws adapted to partia ly surround the. neck. of a bottle, and members flexibly connecting the jaws and arranged to both serve as a means for drawing the jaws into gripping engagement with the bottle and as handles for then carrying the bottle.

2. A milk-bottle carrier comprising a pair of opposed jaws adapted to partially surround the neck of a bottle, said jaws having transverse holes adjacent their ends, a loop member projecting freely, intermediate its ends through the holes of one jaw and secured at its ends to the other j aw adjacent its ends, and a similar member opposed to'the first member slidable freely. through the holes; of said other jaw and secured at its ends to v the one jaw adjacent its ends.

3. A milk-bottle carrier. comprisinga pair of opposed jaws adapted-to partially 'su'r round theneck of; a-bottle and flexible pull and handle members separately secured to and: extending in opposite directions.- from the jaws, v the members being secured to one jaw adjacent its'ends and passing-"freely through the otherjaw adjacent-its ends in the reverse relation to each other... 7 Intestimony'whereof-I affixmy signature.

'- FRED BAKER. 

